<p class="poetry">who led them through the deep water?p> <p class="poetry">Like a horse running on flat land<n id="1" /> they did not stumble.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not be<n id="1" /> like an unintelligent horse or mule,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">which will not obey youp> <p class="poetry">unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp,p> <p class="poetry">I coo<n id="1" /> like a dove;p> <p class="poetry">my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O sovereign master,<n id="3" /> I am oppressed;p> <p class="poetry">help me!<n id="4" />p>

Muster an army like the one you lost, with the same number of horses and chariots.<n id="1" /> Then we will fight them in the plains; we will certainly overpower them.&#8221; He approved their plan and did as they advised.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I have listened to them very carefully,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but they do not speak honestly.p> <p class="poetry">None of them regrets the evil he has done.p> <p class="poetry">None of them says, &#8220;I have done wrong!&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">All of them persist in their own wayward course<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">like a horse charging recklessly into battle.p>

I am enraged at the shepherds and will punish the lead-goats.p> <p class="bodytext">For the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all has brought blessing to his flock, the house of Judah, and will transform them into his majestic warhorse.